After the meeting in Minorca we continue the effort to launch a working group related to the challenge of reducing plastics. We invite all the interested BR to participate in the working group process, by sending an email before September 15.

Call for a Working Group: Zero plastic in Islands and Coastal Zones network

After the meeting in Minorca we continue the effort to launch a working group related to the challenge of reducing plastics.

Plastics constitute more than 60% of the waste that accumulates in the oceans and coasts of the planet, and they represent a growing threat to the entire biosphere.

As demonstrated by the exchanges during the VIII meeting, the majority of reserves are impacted by this situation, and our responsibility as a network is to elaborate a shared diagnosis based on individual and collective experiences and a roadmap to engage solutions addressing plastic pollution.

We invite all the interested BR to participate in the working group process that has 3 initial steps ahead:

i) Before September 15, every interested BR manager should send an email with:

- the points that you consider important for your Reserve

- the team that will be coordinating efforts related to this issue locally, ideally one or two administrators from your Reserve and one or two members of academia or researchers; a hybrid team of 2-4 people by reserve; and

- your ideas and desires related with this working group.

ii) November 19-23

We will have a half day dedicated session during the international conference https://micro2018.sciencesconf.org/

iii) By the end of 2018

We will have the initial content and the formal structure for the working group in order to establish the roadmap for the period 2019-2023;

a meeting will be organized in the first semester of 2019.

For more information, please contact us (wnibr.menorca@cime.es)

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